Chengdu: Standing Buddha
Stone
Chengdu: Standing Buddha (back)
Chengdu: Standing Buddha
CHINA, Sichuan, Chengdu; Southern Liang dynasty
This statue was found in 1995 and is one of the oldest statues made in the Asoka style in China with a clear date. The oldest Asoka-style statue dates to the Eastern Jin dynasty (317–420) according to records.
The Buddha stands on a lotus pedestal and has curly hair, a prominent usnisa and three lines on the neck that signifies a great person. He has wide eyes, a large nose, mustache, wide mouth, and thick lips. The monastic robe that covers both shoulders hangs down the body in a series of U-shaped folds. A number of seated Buddha figures are visible on the fragment of the nimbus.
The back of the nimbus is covered with images of donors in bas-relief. The inscription on the back of the lotus pedestal states Du Sengyi dedicated the statue in 551 for the benefit of his deceased son and all human beings.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, page 245.
Cite this article:
author = Hsingyun and Youheng and Lovelock, Yann and Chou, Yuan and Huntington, Susan and Edson, Gary and Neather, Robert,
booktitle = {Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F},
pages = 245,
title = {{Chengdu: Standing Buddha}},
volume = 10,
year = {2016}}